What is a lifecycle ritual that marks a person or group of persons transition from one social state to another?

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The earliest anthropologist to compare religious and spiritual beliefs around the world was E.B. Tylor. For him the heart of religious beliefs was the belief in...

A: Spirits

Shamans usually act simultaneously as political leaders and healers in their communities.

B: False

The core of Anthony F.C. Wallave's understanding of religion was belief in...

A: Supernatural Things

Secular rituals that celebrate the state of nation, particular occupations, or other identities may achieve many of the same effect son participants as religious rituals.

A: True

A rise in fundamentalism is often seen when...

B: There are many changes in society

____ refers to the belief that inanimate objects such as trees, rocks, cliffs, hills, and rivers are animated by spiritual forces or beings.

C: Animism

What is life cycle ritual that marks a person's or group of persons' transition from one social state to another?

D: Rite of Passage

Geertz's approach to religion is a style of analysis that looks at the underlying symbolic and cultural interconnections within a society; this is often referred to as...

D: The interpretive approach

Buddhism is neither non theistic nor polytheistic.

A: True

Stylized performances involving symbols that are associated with social, political, and religious activities are called...

A: Rituals

What are people who belong to conservative religious movements that advocate a return to traditional principles called?

D: Fundamentalists

In some Pentecostal and charismatic Christian religions adherents experience an ecstatic religious happening (often associated with shamanism), which is known as...

B: Speaking in Tongues

Hawaiians and other Polynesian islanders traditionally believed that mana, sacred or supernatural power, existed within certain objects, at sacred spaces, and in persons, including all of the following except...

D: The sun

A voodoo doll is a good illustration of...

B: Magic that follows the law of similarity

___ can be understood as raw supernatural power that is not caused by a person or spirit.

A. Mana

Until the 1920's, anthropologists interpreted totemism as evidence of a group's...

D: Limited intellectual capacity

Which approach to religious beliefs and behaviors do the textbook authors feel is most effective at explaining why people engage in religious behaviors, especially behaviors that do not directly benefit the individual, such as the actions of Jonathan Daniels, Tom Coleman, or suicide bombers in the Middle-East?

D: The idea that religion is a system of social action

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What is a life cycle ritual that marks a person or group of persons transition from one social state to another?

A rite of passage is a ritual that marks a change in a person's social or sexual status. Rites of passage are often ceremonies surrounding events such as childbirth, puberty, coming of age, marriages, or death.

What are the four life cycle rituals?

A life cycle ritual is a ceremony to mark a change in a person's biological or social status at various phases throughout life. ... Life cycle ritual..

What are the three stages of life cycle rituals?

At their most basic, all rites of passage are characterized by three distinct phases: separation (leaving the familiar), transition (a time of testing, learning and growth), and return (incorporation and reintegration).

What are the two types of rituals?

What are the kinds of rituals? There are three kinds of rituals: mythological reenactment, rites of passage, and family rituals. All three are significant to society.